ORCHA, the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps has partnered with The American Telemedicine Association to support patients access safe and effective health apps. The association will be supported by ORCHA’s automated review process so that patients can access more than 300 healthcare apps that meet the approved […]
Tag: Interoperability
Interview Series: Sam Allen, CEO, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
In our latest interview we speak with Sam Allen, CEO at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust who takes us through her journey from NHS receptionist to CEO. We chat to Sam ahead of a presentation she will be delivering at the upcoming Mental Health Recovery Summit, supported by HTN. We […]
Black Country Pathology Services progresses with laboratory network
Black Country Pathology Services is progressing with an initiative to digitally connect its laboratory network including four NHS trusts. The Dudley Group, Sandwell and Birmingham, Walsall Healthcare, and The Royal Wolverhampton will be using the CliniSys laboratory information system to support a regional ‘hub and spoke’ model. Once the system is rolled-out, […]
8 children’s centres across Greater Manchester digitally connected
A new reporting system is being rolled out this month across eight NHS organisations in Greater Manchester. The system is being rolled-out to children’s centres to instantly share information such as bed availability and staffing levels. It has been designed specifically for paediatric care, where more staff per patient are […]
Somerset NHS FT goes live with Better’s EPMA
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with a solution from Better to digitise its e-prescribing and medications management. Somerset Partnership FT and Taunton and Somerset NHS FT recently merged to form Somerset NHS FT and is now using OPENeP from Better, across its surgical services. The trust is also to […]
Interview Series: Drew Ivan, Chief Product and Strategy Officer, Lyniate
In our latest interview in the series, we spoke with Drew Ivan, Chief Product and Strategy Officer from Lyniate. The company recently formed from bringing together two widely used global interoperability platforms: Corepoint and Rhapsody. We asked Drew a few questions about the company, how it has responded over the […]
Genomics study launched into patients infected with coronavirus
Thousands of severely ill patients infected with coronavirus will have their genetic code studied, following a new study launched. A partnership between Genomics England and the GenOMICC consortium, Illumina and the NHS will study a person’s genetic code to help scientists understand whether a person’s genetics influences how susceptible they […]
Interview Series: Ayesha Rahim, CCIO, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT
In our latest interview series, Angela Sharda speaks to Dr Ayesha Rahim, CCIO, psychiatrist and deputy medical director of Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust about the importance of technology during the global pandemic, her role as CCIO and her involvement in the Shuri Network. Talk us through your journey […]
17.4 million GP records analysed in largest COVID-19 study
A large scale patient record study has analysed 17.4 million GP records, working with GP system supplier TPP, to explore key factors associated with death from COVID-19. University of Oxford and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, working on behalf of NHS England, have analysed research in the […]
Greater Manchester Mental Health introduces algorithm to support service users and staff
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS FT has introduced a new algorithm to help identify services users most likely to require crisis services. The IM&T and R&I departments at the trust have been working with Otsuka Health Solutions to implement a risk of crisis algorithm to help predict service users who may […]
